Madrid April 23 (IANS) Romania s Simona Halep continued to lead the Women s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday with 8 140 points followed by Denmark s Caroline Wozniacki.
This week s ranking list brought no changes to the top 10 as Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza came in third ahead of fourth-placed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine and fifth-placed Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia reports Efe.
On Sunday Muguruza secured Spain s place in World Group II of the Fed Cup after her playoff win over Paraguay s Veronica Cepede in straight sets 7-6 (2) 6-0.
United States Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens remained in the eighth and ninth places respectively.
The current WTA rankings and point scores are as follows:
1. Simona Halep (Romania) 8 140
2. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6 790
3. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 6 065
4. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5 630
5. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 5 307
6. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 4 730
7. Caroline Garcia (France) 4 615
8. Venus Williams (USA) 4 276
9. Sloane Stephens (USA) 3 938
10. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 3 271.
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